Refastenable mechanical fastening system attached to substrate protrusion

• Main Author: DENNIS ALBERT THOMAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.03.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE; HABERDASHERY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; JEWELLERY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The invention is a refastenable mechanical fastening system, made of free-formed prongs joined to an embassey or raised substrate. The prongs taper and are nonperendicularly oriented relative to the plane of the substrate. Each prong has an engaging element projecting laterally from the periphery of...